Check Palo Alto FW HA State (Service Check)

Service Check Category: Firewall Checks

Passive: No

Description: This check monitors a Palo Alto firewall for active/standby HA status. If, when checked, the status of the firewall is determined to be different from the state specified in the check configuration, the check will enter a CRITICAL state.

Do not confuse this check with the "Check Palo Alto FW HA State with Re-Poll" service check, which includes repoll functionality. Netreo best practices recommends adding that check to both the active and passive HA firewalls of the monitored network, unless you have specific circumstances where a repoll is not desired.

Check-specific Fields:
(See the entry Service Check for details on basic configuration options.)

• CONFIGURED STATE (ACTIVE/PASSIVE)
  (Required) This field specifies the desired HA state of the firewall.
• DESCRIPTION
  (Required) This field specifies a name for this check. The name entered must be unique among service check names on the host it is added to (the name may used again only on a different host). It is used to identify this specific check from among other service checks added to the same host.